Improved attachment of lantern and reflector



W. C. OWEN.

Attachment of Lanterns and Reflectors.

, Patented May 12, 1863.

Invn/tar: QM.

Withesses I W1 935% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. OWEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPP OVED ATTACHMENT OF LANTERN AND REFLECTOR.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,498, dated May 12, 12 63.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM (J. OWEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combination of a Lantern and Reflector; and I do hereby declare that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical central section of my invention, taken in the line as a, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, an external view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in applying a reflector to the outer side of a lantern in such a manner that the reflector may be readily attached to the lantern and detached therefrom as required, and a reflector of large diameter rendered capable of being used. By this means several advantages are obtained over the ordinary lanterns which are provided with reflectorsto wit, the ordinary reflectors for lanterns are all placed within the lantern and are consequently restricted in dimensions to the size of the latter, and the reflector renders one side of the lantern opaque, so that no light is emitted from that side at any time, and the lantern therefore cannot be advanta geously used in all cases or for all purposes.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

A represents the glass globe or body of an ordinary hand-lantern. B is the metal base thereof, and G the metal cap or upper part. These parts are of usual construction, and therefore do not require a minute description.

D D represent two curved rods, the upper ends of which are attached to the cap 0 and the lower ends to the base B. These curved rods D D are connected at or about at their centers by a cross-bar, E.

F is a reflector of convex form at its face side. This reflector may be of metal or of glass silvered at its inner side, and it is provided at the center of its back with a horizontal projection, a, on which a metal cap, G, is secured, said cap having a hook, '0, attached to its back end, which is fitted on the crossbar E, and secures the reflector in proper position, as shown clearly in E ig. 1. The reflector when thus attached to the lantern is within the metal rods D D, between them and the glass globe A, and in a proper relative position with the flame of the lamp of the lantern. When the reflector is not required, it may be readily detached from the lantern, and the latter used as an ordinary hand-lantern, and when required for use it may be applied to the lantern with the greatest facility. The reflector, it will be seen, may be considerably larger in diameter than the globe of the lantern, and that is an advantage, as more light from theflamewillbe concentrated and thrown forward than if a small reflector were used.

Having thus described my invention, what 

